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Chinese
Video Now offers an exhilarating snapshot
of a new generation of young artists working in
China. Digital video technology lies at the heart
of this extensive creative scene, whose ascent into
the global arena reflects a wider Western upsurge
of interest in all things China.
The work of thirteen artists
will feature across the gallery in a network of
projections and monitor screens. Works include
8gg’s News Dance, 2005,
a visceral re-mix of CCTV and news footage, Li
Songhua’s Keynote Speech,
2005, in which his four year-old child re-enacts
a political speech by Chinese President Hu Jintao,
Meng Jin’s explorations of
abandoned industrial spaces and much more.
The
flexibility of the medium has enabled these artists
to achieve a multitude of results, from ambitious
studio productions to low-budget hand-held camera
work, free from the perceived constraints of more
traditional art forms. |
8gg, News Dance,
2005. Copyright Platform China Contemporary Art
Institute. |
The majority of artists in Chinese
Video Now live and work in major urban centres
like Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, experiencing first-hand
the growing consumer culture and rapid urban development
of contemporary China. Though most of these artists have
presented their work internationally, many of them have
not exhibited in the UK. This exhibition will present, and
in many cases introduce, some of the most exciting work
produced in China today. |
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Dong
Wensheng, Jing Zhe (Excited Insects), 2003. Copyright Platform
China Contemporary Art Institute. |
Artists featured in Chinese
Video Now: 8gg (multimedia duo
Jiang Haiqing and Fu Yu, based in Beijing); Cui
Xiuwen (b. 1970 in Heilongjiang, lives and works
in Beijing); Dong Wensheng (b. 1970 in
Jiangsu province, lives in Changzhou); Cao Fei
(b. 1978 in Guangzhou, lives in Guangzhou); Hu
Jieming (b. 1957 in China, lives and works in
Shanghai); Huang Xiaopeng (b. 1960 in
Shanxi, lives and works in Guangzhou); Li Songhua
(b. 1969 in Beijing, lives and works in Beijing); Liang
Yue (b. 1979 in Shanghai, lives and works in
Beijing and Shanghai); Lu Chunsheng (b.
1968 in Changchun, lives and works in Shanghai); Ma
Yongfeng (b. 1971 in Shanxi, lives and works
in Beijing); Meng Jin (b. 1973 in Chong
Qing); Xu Tan (b. 1957 in Wuhan; lives
and works in Shanghai and Guangzhou); and Xu Zhen
(b. 1977 in Shanghai, lives and works in Shanghai).
Chinese Video Now
is co-curated by David Thorp and Sun
Ning, Director of Platform China Contemporary
Art Institute, Beijing.
A newly-published catalogue will accompany
the exhibition.
Filmed Discussion
Following the opening of the exhibition visitors can watch
a filmed discussion between Sun Ning, David Thorp and Stephen
Foster,
Director, John Hansard Gallery, displayed
in the gallery Project Room. This will be
published online in audio, video and transcription formats
during the
week beginning 30 April.
Watch with Windows Media Player
Instructions on viewing the video can be found here.
Video produced by e-media, University of Southampton.
Download audio mp3 (8 mb)
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